President turns up heat on premier
From Times Wire Reports
President Viktor Yushchenko threatened his rival with criminal charges if he refused to prepare for early parliamentary elections next month, suggesting he was losing patience amid the deepening political crisis.
Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, however, vowed to wait for a ruling from the Constitutional Court on the legality of the order to dissolve parliament.
Each has accused the other of violating the law.
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